Cuff-holder.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

A. c. VAN KIRK.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 001x14, 190a.

N0 MODEL.

I Wifgzsses UNITED STATE Patented September 6, 1904.

ARTHIIR G. VAN KIRK, TIFFIN, OHIO.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,365, dated September 6, 1904.

'Applioationfiled October 14,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. VAN KIRK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Tifiin,

it being understood that changes in the form,

proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing view in elevation of the invention.

from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of'the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a- Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the device.

' The cuff-holder. is constructed from a single piece of spring-steel bent adjacent to its longitudinal center and folded back upon itself to produce a primary rigid arm 1 and a secondary spring-arm 2, said arms being substantially parallel. The primary arm 1 is pro vided at its outer end with a right-angular extension 3,havingaho'oked-shaped terminal 4, carrying at its extremity a flattened portion or head 5, between which and the arm 2 v the cloth is clamped. The secondary springarm 2 is provided with an opening 6, designed to register with the head 5, whereby the latter when brought into clamping engagement spring-clip disposed adjacent to the-inner side serial No. 177,062. (No model.)

- of the folded end of the holder-arms, said clip consisting of a pair of spring-fingers 7 8 substantially in line with the sleeve-engaging terminals of the arms and formed integralwith the latter, the finger 7 being formed upon and projecting directly fromone side of arm 1, while the finger'8 is formed at the opposite side of said arm and folded back upon itself and upon the inner side of the arms to overlie and cooperate with finger 7 for clampingthe cuff. It may here bev said that owing to the finger 8 extending over the face of arml the point of engagement of the holder with the cuff will when the latter is in position between the fingers be substantially in line with the point of engagement of the holder with the coat-sleeve, thereby obviating liability of the cuff in its movements exerting a lateral strain upon the holder sufficient to cause its disenand securely hold said parts.

I claim A cuff-holder comprising a length of-spring metal folded upon itself adjacentto its longitudinal center to produce a primary arm and asecondary substantially parallel spring-arm, said arms being provided adjacent to their outer ends with cooperating garment-engaging means, and a pair of cooperating cuff-engaging fingers formed integral with one of said arms adjacent to the inner side of the folded end of the arms, one of the fingers being folded upon itself on said inner side .to overlie the other. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR O. VAN KIRK.

Witnesses: I

R. M. KuEPPEn, SIDNEY J. PATTERSON. 

